72MP Sony A9 Rumored to be Released in early Fall, 2016

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Sony is really working on a new flagship full frame mirrorless camera called Sony A9 (Sony Alpha 9). Aimed at professional photographers, the new Sony A9 full frame mirrorless camera will have dual XQD card slot and it will be capable of Unlimited RAW shooting! So amazing! And the Sony A9 will be a DSLR-like shooter, bigger than Sony A7RII, smaller than Canon 5D Mark III.

A anonymous reader sent a message to SonyAlphaRumors saying that the Sony A9 full frame mirrorless camera will have 72MP sensor and this amazing camera will be released in early fall 2016:

I looked closer and noticed the user (short chubby guy with red goatee) was using a Sony GM 24-70mm f/2.8 lens on the body.

The photographer was pretty uncomfortable when I started asking questions. But I can say this. It was in fact a Sony A9(?!?) proto type, it is slightly larger than the A7R ii however it does not have a built in battery grip. Good things are it does have dual card slots, definitely sd maybe cfast, I really don’t know much about different cards, but he did say it has 2. It has a joystick for autofocus point moving. But most importantly, when he showed me the joystick, the spot where it would say 42M on my a7rii, it said Extra Fine 72M!!

He said this was one of a few prototypes out there and that it was due out end of summer for early fall release (can’t say this is real or not).

The announcement date of Sony A9 is rumored for Photokina 2016 in this September. So it makes sense for the early fall release. What do you think about this?

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Hot Sony Mirrorless Cameras:

Sony a7RII: $3,198 at AmazonB&HAdorama

Sony a7SII: $2,998 at AmazonB&HAdorama.

Sony a7II: $1,498 at AmazonB&HAdorama.

Sony a7S: $2,498 at AmazonB&HAdorama.

Sony a7R: $1,898 at AmazonB&HAdorama.

Sony a6300 Body: $998 at AmazonB&HAdorama.

Sony a6300 with 16-50mm Lens: $1,148 at AmazonB&HAdorama.

Sony A6000 Body: $448 at AmazonB&HAdorama.

Current FE lenses:

Prime Lenses:

  • Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 (Amazon | B&H)
  • Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 (B&H)
  • Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2 (B&H)
  • Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 (B&H)
  • Sony FE 28mm f/2 (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony Distagon T* FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA (Amazon | B&H)
  • Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Lens (Amazon | B&H)
  • Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* (Amazon | B&H)
  • Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS (Amazon | B&H)

Zoom Lenses:

  • Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16-35mm f/4 ZA OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE PZ 28-135mm f/4 G OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE 70-200mm f/4.0 G OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G OSS (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM (Amazon | B&H)
  • Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS (B&H)